Legacy Personal Blogs

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This blog contains the legacy personal blog posts of our members, other than our Top Members whose content has been migrated into individual blogs in this area. Our new platform does not have personal blogs so this is how we have preserved the personal blog posts of our members from the Jive platform. No new posts will be permitted in this blog. Instead, if you wish to create blog content, please post it in the blog in the most appropriate topic area.

HDC1000EVM communications protocol

wymand

Having been in communications since 1962 when NSA recruited me into the Army Security agency and my career after thatas a consultant, WSP communications engineering, WSDOT, and WSCTC consultant, I am particularly interested in how devices talkSo, lac...
- 18 Apr 2015
The Corliss Group Latest Tech Review - Barclays Vil Ikke Refundere Mig For Fidus

e14 Contributor

En læser blev offer for en telefon scam koster hendes $2.000, og Barclays undladt at hjælpe “Jeg har været offer for et fupnummer til melodi af $2.000. Pengene blev overført til en Barclays konto. Bankerne siger at jeg betalte villigt og d...
- 18 Apr 2015
Talking BLE with the TI SensorTag CC2650 and the Cypress CySmart USB Dongle

Jan Cumps

I have a new The specified item was not found. CC2650 SensorTag.element14 is running a roadtest on that soon: TI CC2650STK SimpleLink IoT SensorTag. I have made a test setup to connect it with the BLE dongle of the Cypress Bluetooth Low E...
- 17 Apr 2015
Boba Fett!

patkelly

Sci Fi Your Pi
- 17 Apr 2015
Playing with Arduino

lokkytron

Several weeks after I ordered, I have received the Arduino kit... I am now learning, reading, programming, testing... and trying to figure out what things I will need for my first real proyect. This is what i was doing yesterday... an easy ...
- 16 Apr 2015
HDC1000EVM Python code for Raspberry Pi

wymand

Here is a sample program that starts a stream from the HDC1000EVM, reads 100 returns and stops the stream: import serial#sample program to read Texas Instruments HDC1000EVM#initialization and open the port#possible timeout values: &nb...
- 16 Apr 2015
Be Excellent to Each Other

chriswhite

A few weeks back we had Dennis Jackson on the show (Episode 94), ostensibly to talk about UAV development. While we did cover the drone topic and speculate about the future of hovering self-guided robots, we eventually drifted into another topic, one...
- 15 Apr 2015
Possible forward movement on the Si4707

packetgeek

For awhile, I've thought that my Si4707 breakout board was damaged. This was because it would show up on all I2C addresses after a "normal" boot up sequence. I recently received a Si4700/Si4735 evaluation set. In experimenting with t...
- 15 Apr 2015
Launchbox #2 - Construction Begins

e14 Contributor

Hello everyone, I received the following update on the remote rocket motor ignition project (Launchbox) from one of our engineers, Tyler Dean (pictured below);------------------------ 4/13/15We have begun the building process! At this point...
- 14 Apr 2015
Westward Group Advisor: De aanpak van Buffett belastingen

e14 Contributor

Tocqueville Asset Management oprichter Francois Sicart waarschuwt dat verbergenvan de fiscus zinloos is, maar uitstel van belastingen winstgevende is Je kunt niet ontsnappen belastingen, maar u kunt een voordeel door het juridischuitstellen van ...
- 14 Apr 2015
Charge batteries phone with solar panel - Hercules RM42x

martinvalencia

PROJECT DESCRIPTIONMy goal is to solve power consumption that is presented to charge batteries phone.My project is a simple application of Hercules RM42x LaunchPad, Its use solar energy to charge batteries phone; I designed a BoosterPack that allows ...
- 12 Apr 2015
First Steps with the Cypress BLE Pioneer Kit - Unboxing and BLE Sniffing

Jan Cumps

I'm a BLE beginner. Never developed anything for bluetooth , let alone the low energy variant.I received a Bluetooth Low Energy Pioneer Kit ( cy8ckit-042-BLE ) yesterday. This blog is my story with the kits after a half day of testing. &nbsp...
- 10 Apr 2015
Rapid Prototyping – Custom USB Mouse

benmatrix

Using Flowcode it is possible to create a wide range of electronics devices in a short space of time. A good example of this is a USB mouse in that it is very simple to achieve but also has a wide range of uses. Here is a list of a few uses...
- 9 Apr 2015
...Boba Fett

patkelly

Sci Fi Your Pi
- 9 Apr 2015
Kinetis MCU: A low power profile

freescale

This blog was originally published by Justin Mortimer, Kinetis MCU product manager at Freescale on the Embedded Beat.Our ever-changing world of electronicsElectronics have made great strides since the first radio receiver/transmitter, a.k.a. the “wal...
- 8 Apr 2015
When prototyping, think “Maker”

freescale

This blog was originally published by Michael Stanley, manager of the systems/algorithms team within Freescale’s Sensors Solution Division, on the Embedded Beat.I am famous (infamous?) among my sensor co-workers for all the “toys” scattered across my...
- 8 Apr 2015
New FXAS21002 gyroscope ready for prime time

freescale

This blog was originally published by Michael Stanley, manager of the systems/algorithms team within Freescale’s Sensors Solution Division, on the Embedded Beat.My friends, and probably most of you reading this, are well aware that I never really gre...
- 8 Apr 2015
The Freescale QorIQ Linux®︎ Software Development Kit– aiming to exceed your expectations

freescale

This blog was originally published by Marlan Winter, product marketing engineer for QorIQ software products at Freescale on the Embedded Beat.If you follow Linux news, you have probably noticed confusion about what makes a good Linux BSP. I'm reminde...
- 8 Apr 2015
Maybe I can help you. I am...

patkelly

Sci Fi Your Pi Design Challenge
- 8 Apr 2015
My first post

flash1van

I just got linpsk installed and working. I connected a Signalink usb sound card device to my Yaesu FT 857 D. It was a bit tricky but followed the instructions and it worked. A Slice of Raspberry Pi: PSK31 on the Raspberry Pi - Part 1 step by step. It...
- 8 Apr 2015
Device Internationalization, Part Two

chriswhite

Last week, in a mashup of Embedded.fm episodes 95 and 26, I started talking about Device Internationalization, introducing the terminology and describing the path to get from English-only to European language support. This week, I want to dive deeper...
- 8 Apr 2015
Minions Only - Funny Minion Memes

4ringfan

I believe these guys have a huge fan base here on element 14. So, here is a website with lots of minions and plenty of memes: Funny Minion Memes -4RINGFAN
- 7 Apr 2015
TI Hercules LaunchPad Type 2: Touch Screen

martinvalencia

Source: TouchScreen Article - mikroElektronika What is a touch panel?A touchpad is a fine panel adhesive placed on the screen a graphic LCD. It is very sensitive to pressure so that a soft touch causes some changes in the output signal.There are...
- 7 Apr 2015
Perdido Key Time Lapse

mikedavis

I was on vacation with my family in Perdido Key, FL, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to bring along the Raspberry Pi to try another time lapse. I found a simple python program, and set it up to take an 800x600 image every 30 seconds...
- 5 Apr 2015
Reaction Control System #1 - Jumping Right into the Thick of Things!

e14 Contributor

My name is Max Archer, and I am the Director of Special Projects for Student Space Systems at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Student Space Systems is a group of undergraduates with the mission of building our own space-worthy rockets...
- 5 Apr 2015